Quarantine Qocktails - Live from The Ali’i Lounge.

When it comes to work, we list creativity, adaptation, and innovation as core competencies; this year we have learned to unleash those skills into the Quarantine Qocktails that comfort us. In this breakout we’ll share what ingredients we have scrounged, borrowed, or had delivered to our door to make our favorite homemade cocktail recipes. Join to share your Quarantine Qocktail recipes, or just lift a glass with others!

Breaking into UX.

Are you pursuing a career change into the UX field? Or are you in the process of completing UX coursework? Let’s talk about the what it takes to make this career shift, the pros and cons to UX design education, and what you REALLY need to know to succeed in your first design job.

Moonlighting 101.

Ever wanted to take consulting gigs on the side? Or perhaps go full-time consulting and be the boss of your own. Come chat with fellow moonglighters, consultants, or aspiring ones about tips and ideas for how to make it happen!

Remote Collaborative work - Tools and Tricks.

In a short period of time, we all had to master remote collaboration and shift our design practices to the screens. What skills, practices, and attitudes do teams need in this work from home mode? What tools and activities can help remote teams to perform at the highest levels? How does one become a better remote facilitator? Come share what worked for you and become inspired by tips and tricks from others!

What makes a great UX leader?

While great leadership has certain universal attributes what does it look and feel like in the UX context? Given the growing influence of UX as well as the need for advocating and educating organizations, let us discuss the IQ and EQ skills essential for a great UX leader.

Diversity and Inclusion in Design.

Designing Women champions female identifying UX professionals with speakers, networking events and design workshops. We work with companies to explore the benefits of inclusion in innovation. Come chat with us regarding diversity, inclusion and belonging.

All things UX Research

Come chat with us - anything and everything about UX research.

Design your Career.

How are you thinking about your design career? Where will you go from here? Come chat with fellow designers about different career paths, what criteria or options to think about in choosing your next position, and more.

How to get involved in design for civic and government initiatives / social activism.

Fired up about the state of your community, your state, your country? Let's use research and design to to engage, empower, and make real change. How do you conduct decolonizing research to uncover community needs? How do you design with not for people? How do you partner and align goals with government stakeholders get from ideas to scale?